Event Description
THANKSGIVING WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN!
Join us for the 4th Annual Gobbler Half Marathon, 10K & 5K on Sunday, November 24, 2019 at 8:30am at Mereworth Farm in West Lexington. Earn your Thanksgiving feast the following Thursday with a scenic Half Marathon, 10K or 5K through beautiful bluegrass horse country.
Our race charitable beneficiaries will be Glean KY and New Vocations Racehorse Adoption. Read more about these two local charities on the page below. We will also be collecting canned/non perishable goods at our packet pickup and on race morning. We'll get whatever is donated to local food banks who can get this food to those in need. Thanks in advance to those who can help out.
Our scenic half marathon course will traverse through beautiful horse country and past a number of our horse farms. All registrants receive a long sleeved performance T-shirt (while they last). Overall, Age Group awards, DJ, free post race massage, race photos, chip timing, post race eats, West Sixth beer ($4 donation) and lots of Gobbler fun!
Commemorative long sleeved shirts (mens/womens sized) are on a first come first serve basis. When you register if your size is not available you can either select another size or "no shirt option". We will have a SHIRT SWAP immediately following the race for anyone who either did not receive a shirt or got a size that they would like to trade with another participant. If we have race no shows their shirts will be available for swap following the race.
There will be a 15 minute/mile (3:15 total time) pace limit imposed for the half marathon race per contract with the City of Lexington. ForWord Pacing will provide pacers for the half marathon with finish times of 1:45, 2:00, 2:15, 2:30, 2:45, 3:00, 3:15, 3:30 (sweeper). Walkers and strollers are welcomed in the 10K and 5K races. No dogs are allowed. Awards can be claimed at our Awards Tent following the race.
TRAINING RUNS We will conduct 3 supported Gobbler training runs on Sunday, October 20th, Sunday, November 3rd and Sunday, November 17th. We'll meet at 8am off Falcon Wood Way and those participating can run as many miles as they need. We'll provide water, bananas, granolas and donuts.
HALF MARATHON COURSE CLICK HERE
10K COURSE CLICK HERE
5K COURSE CLICK HERE
HOTEL RESERVATIONS The Four Points By Sheraton is our Official 2019 Gobbler Half Marathon Hotel Partner. They are located at 1938 Stanton Way, Lexington, KY 40511 at the I-64/75 Newtown Pike (Exit 118). Their courtesy room rate is $79 plus tax per night which is available on Friday (11/16) and Saturday (11/17). To make your reservation call 859/259.1311 and mention "The Gobbler Half Marathon". The Four Points is about 3 miles from our race venue.
VOLUNTEERING
Please consider volunteering for our benefiting charities at this race. Our race day shift generally runs from 6:30am-11:30am. Once you sign up we'll be in touch with you about more details, duties, etc...
